Louise Osmond

The true story of the fateful voyage of Donald Crowhurst, an amateur yachtsman who entered the most daring nautical challenge ever: the very first solo, nonstop, round-the-world boat race.

Joe Simpson travels to the treacherous North Face of the Eiger to tell the story of one of mountaineerings most epic tragedies. Toni Kurz was a brilliant young mountaineer, who along with three other climbers tried to climb the mountain in 1936, which was then the last great unconquered peak in the Alps. Their assault on the mountain started well, but then disaster struck...

During Nazi Germany's eight-month-long blitz against London, no bombing campaign was more devastating than that of the evening of December 29, 1940, igniting massive, citywide fires that nearly destroyed major landmarks like St. Paul's Cathedral. The PBS documentary THE BLITZ: LONDON'S LONGEST NIGHT explores the nearly catastrophic event through voice over narration, archival footage, interviews with survivors, and dramatic recreations. (cduniverse.com)

Life-long diehard greens advocate radical solutions to climate change, which include GM crops and nuclear energy. They argue that by clinging to an ideology formed more than 40 years ago, the traditional green lobby has failed in its aims and is ultimately harming its own environmental cause.

Alexander McQueen had the kind of fashion genius that only comes around once in a generation. This dramatic and elegantly shot film tells McQueen's story, by examining critical relationships - most significantly with the eccentric stylist Isabella Blow, who was credited with discovering McQueen and making his meteoric rise to the pinnacle of world fashion possible. McQueen and I includes rare footage of McQueen, and unseen interviews with the woman who shared his ambitions and inspiration. (channel4.com)

The story of the night when the German Luftwaffe attacked London with devastating results

An inspirational true story of a group of friends from a working men's club who decide to take on the elite 'sport of kings' and breed themselves a racehorse. (imdb)

Prunella Scales researches the life of Queen Victoria and interviews historians to help her with her portrayal of Queen Victoria in her one-woman stage show "An Evening with Queen Victoria". She also portrays Queen Victoria in the historical reconstructions in this programme and reads from Queen Victoria's private diaries written late in life and unpublished until now. (imdb)

Six Million Dollar Conman unravels Clark Rockefeller's story, bringing to life his motivations and interior world, and his elaborate and fantastical confection of lies and fake identities. This is a gripping and revelatory account of the most complex con America has ever known. (press/programme-information/six-million-dollar-conman)

Relive the excitement of the investigating team who found Richard III's skeleton under a Leicester car park... (channel4.com/programmes/richard-iii-the-new-evidence)

Documentary on the life and times of Ken Loach. His politics in British TV and Cinema and the chaos he has caused the establishment for 50 years.